River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-10-27
WISCONSIN NEWS.

Burr Robbins circus has gone into
winter quarters at GAINESVILLE.
The United States Hospital company
has established hospital at Merrill.
St. Joseph's academy. At Superior,
has been closed because of diphtheria
scare.
Thirteen counterfeit dollars have
been discovered in Racine within
week.
Mother Kelly, of Lake Geneva, was
adjudged insane and taken t, the asy-
lum near Madison.
Ed Weast. of Christie, Clark county,
has dug 463 bushels of potatoes from
quarter-acre of ground.
The ladies of Trinity church, Osh-
kosh, are arranging a kermiss, in
which 200 will take part.
Worthy Whitney, who resided in
Fon du Lac over thirty-iive years, is
dead, at the age of 81 years.
La Crosse county owes the state$400
for the care of boys AT Waukesha and
81. 297. 81 for the care of insane.
A camp of the Order of Modern
Woodmen viii be organized at Apple
ton, with seyenty-tive charter members.
Francis McFay. of Marinette. was
sentenced to Waupun for twenty years
on conviction of murder in the second
degree.
The barn of Peter Faust, of Black
Wolf. Winnebago county, was struck
by lightning and destroyed. Loss
81 800.
a horse valued at 1925. belonging to
Wyman Morehouse, of Sun Prairie, has
teen ruined by running against barb
wire fence.
Miss Minnie Glover. of Hudson, was
married to Albert Baker, son of ii. c.
Baker. Wisconsin attorney for the
800" railway.
The State Veterans home. at Wan
paca. is nearly ready to be opened and
the remaining work TO be done this fall
is being pushed.
Prosecution has been discontinued in
the case of c. H. Graves, arrested at
Racine, charged with obtaining money
Dy false prelehses.
John Robinson, an old settler of New
London, died at the age of 20 years.
He was an early anti-slavery advocate
in the days before the war.
Ashland's law and order league lost
lis case against John Van Heest,
charged with having engaged in
prize-ight there last week.
Patrick Lennon, of Portage, had IA
team stolen. The horses were recov-
cred at Fort Winnebago, where they
were abandoned by the thief.
The Wisconsin Industrial association,
of Racine, decides to mortgage its build
ings for $1,000 to pay off the indebted
ness from the last exposition.
A 16-year old son of Henry Herzog,
of Mosel, Sheboygan county, acciden-
tally shot himself through the throat
while hunting. He died instantly.
A number of residents of Oak Grove
and Glyman, Dodge county, have form
ed 4 company for the purpose of build
ing and operating cheese factory.
Fifty-s;x brick buildings, built in
Marshiield since the fire, are nearly all
finished and merchants are moving
from their temporary frame buildings.
The Hudson Building and Loan assoc
citation has decided TO push suits against
all the officers to hold them for the
$4,000 defalcation of the late secretary.
The ladies of Oregon and vicinity
have procured 4 new silk flag for the
o. +. Rice post. G. A. Rand presented
it at the last regular meeting of
the post.
The Appleton electric street railway
has been extended to Appleton June
ton, two and one-half miles from the
works The first car was run TO the
junction Friday.
Chauncey Bishop. Of Chippewa Falls,
has been sent to the industrial school
for boys. lie was accused of horse
stealing and placing Instructions on
the railroad track.
The circulars sent out from Chicago
indicate that more butterine is sold in
GAINESVILLE than in any other town of its
size in the state. No licenses have
been taken in GAINESVILLE.
August Krcll, farm hand. has been
held to trial at Watertown under bonds
in the sum of 81, 900, to answer at the
circuit court to Il charge of criminally
assaulting Mrs. Rachel Jones, IS years
old.
Jerry Dubbs,of Attica, Green county,
was the man who had his pocket re-
leved of 5000 in gold in Madison.
The cash was in shot bag in his
pantaloons pocket. The pocket was
cut and the bag slipped out neatly.
Louis Mossey, the oldest inhabitant
in northwestern Wisconsin, died at the
ST. Croi2 county poor farm at the age
of nearly 100 years. He was for
great many years pilot on the st.
Lawrence and Mississippi rivers
John Lund, n veteran, of the Gath
Wisconsin volunteer infantry. who lived
in Larned, Kans., died of pneumonia at
the house of his brother, George Lund,
in Milwaukee. He was As years of age,
and leaves a wife and two children.
The largest steambargc upon the
lakes will be built at Sheboygan at the
cost of $40, coo. She will be 295 feet
long, 40 feet beam aud p feet depth OF
hold 1t will take 1.000.00 feet of lum-
Der and 25O tons of iron to build the
vessel.
The Milwaukee Merchants Associa-
ton has figured up the receipts and
expenditures connected with its banquet
10 President Cleveland and finds that il
is lust $50 behind. The receipts were
1864, while the cast of the feast was
$500.
Peck's sun says: Several young
ladies of Madison. Wis, have organized
eornet band. and already twelve fami.
lies have moved to Milwaukee. If they
do not give up their rash undertaking
it will only be a question of time wher
Wisconsin's capital city will be depopu'
lated. >
Recently, the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST. Paul railway let a contract to the
Grant works. of Patterson, n. j., fol
building eighty engines for the road
the bid being just SS7 lower than the
lowest Of four or five competitors
This illustrates how closely large con.
tracts are figured these days The
transaction amounted TO abOut$600.000
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